Lakers deal with ghosts in Boston

The Lakers stay in what is believed to be a real haunted hotel in Oklahoma City. But in Boston, it's their memories of games past makes the hotel scary.

The Lakers are staying in the same hotel they did the night following their 131-92 Game 6 loss in 2008, which clinced the NBA title for the Celtics. And so far the Lakers haven't seen any ghosts.

They are 3-0 since that nightmare game two years ago, having won two regular-season games and Tuesday's Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

"Every time I stay in that hotel, it reminds me of the last night I slept there after Game 6 and how bad I felt, and how long of a night it was for us,'' Pau Gasol said Wednesday. "The last two regular-season games I had the same feeling as I do every time I'm there. ... To me it (is motivation staying at that hotel). ... It contributes to remind us what we went through.''

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